As a warrior, Ellyrie is loyal to two people in her life, her brother and the king. But her life changes when she’s betrayed by her brother, forced to murder him. The king grants her mercy—and the promise of freedom—in exchange for killing the feared kraken. Yet Ellyrie’s confrontation with the monster forces her to confront that her loyalties may not lie with the right forces. And if she wants to right the wrongs of her past and stop a plot that threatens the fate of her kingdom, she will have to do the one thing harder than confronting her king—trusting others, even after being betrayed by those closest to her.